The Bodyguard - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of The Bodyguard or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to The Bodyguard

[melinda]

Mick Jackson told Whitney Houston to think of every scene like it was a song.

[stephanie]

Whitney Houston's "Queen of the Night" costume turned up years later in a sci-fi prop store on a 2012 episode of "Hollywood Treasure (2010)."

[norma]

Composer Alan Silvestri also provided the score for the same year's FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992), in which Christian Slater starred. Slater and Costner co-starred in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) and 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001).

[bryan]

On gaining entrance to the mansion Farmer says his name is Frank Farmer, Alexander Graham Bell, Edison, and Henry Ford.

[sophie]

The brand of whisky being drunk throughout the film is Springbank from Campbeltown in Scotland, where the director was on holiday prior to making the film.

[edgar]

"The Bodyguard" was the favorite movie of Malcolm Fraser, Prime Minister of Australia (1975-1983), revealed by his granddaughter Rachel during a family tribute at his funeral in Melbourne, March 27 2015.

[jamie]

The exterior of the Oscars venue is established as the Shrine Auditorium, just south of downtown LA, but the interior is the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood.

[eli]

The proposal for this film was rejected 67 times. (This may be why the fictional Academy Awards ceremony depicted is the 67th, which in real life did not occur until 1995 honoring the films of 1994.)

[lonnie]

Mick Jackson directed L.A. Story (1991), starring Steve Martin, the year before The Bodyguard (1992). Scriptwriter Lawrence Kasdan directed Grand Canyon (1991), also starring Martin.

[chad]

Host of the fictional Oscars is played by Robert Wuhl, he and Kevin Costner shared the screen in "Bull Durham" in 1988.

[steve]

Whitney Houston had to postpone eight concert dates during her Bodyguard tour due to throat problems.

[wallace]

The woman singing "I Have Nothing" at the Oscars ceromony is Nita Whitaker, who was the demo singer for Whitney Houston's biggest hits. That included "I Have Nothing" and "I Will Always Love You". Nita still works with producer David Foster to this day.

[steve]

Kevin Costner, during his eulogy at Whitney Houston's Feb. 18, 2012 funeral, related that when Whitney auditioned for her role, her makeup had begun running down her face. Before the audition, Whitney had hurriedly removed her movie-set makeup and had instead applied her regular show-business makeup she used at concerts so she would feel more normal. The heat of the lighting for her audition caused the replacement makeup to run. Kevin quickly halted the audition; Whitney returned to her trailer where she related what had happened to Kevin. The movie makeup was re-applied, and the audition was then successfully completed.

[chris]

The Bodyguard (1992) is one of two titular character collaborations that Kevin Costner had with Lawrence Kasdan (screenplay). Kasdan also co-wrote Wyatt Earp ((1994), with Dan Gordon and directed by Kasdan) and starring Costner. Costner and Kasdan produced The Bodyguard and Wyatt Earp, plus Gordon executive produced the latter. What's more both films were distributed by Warner Brothers.